Firewall Jobs in the North West

Firewall
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Firewall skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Firewall over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 85 81 97
Rank change year-on-year -4 +16 -44
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 271 348 311
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 2.81% 4.33% 3.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.73% 21.38% 24.47%
Number of salaries quoted 233 261 226
10th Percentile £26,750 £33,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,500
England median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

Firewall is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,142 1,628 1,271
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 11.83% 20.28% 13.45%
Number of salaries quoted 879 691 747
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,000 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% +3.30% +1.11%
75th Percentile £61,875 £58,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £74,000 £72,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the North West

Firewall
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the North West.

Salary trend for Firewall in the North West

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the North West over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Firewall in the North West

Firewall
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the North West region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester +16 147 £57,500 +15.00% 48
Cheshire +4 55 £37,500 -40.00% 18
Merseyside -16 35 £48,000 -10.28% 6
Lancashire -12 26 £45,000 - 6
Cumbria -26 8 £36,500 -8.75% 5
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 21 (7.75%) IIS
2 16 (5.90%) SharePoint
3 15 (5.54%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (4.06%) Apache
5 9 (3.32%) Apache Spark
6 4 (1.48%) CMS
6 4 (1.48%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.37%) Confluence
7 1 (0.37%) WebSphere
Applications
1 21 (7.75%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 115 (42.44%) Azure
2 82 (30.26%) Microsoft 365
3 50 (18.45%) AWS
4 32 (11.81%) GCP
5 16 (5.90%) GitHub
6 12 (4.43%) Entra ID
6 12 (4.43%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 10 (3.69%) Amazon S3
8 9 (3.32%) IaaS
8 9 (3.32%) SaaS
9 8 (2.95%) OneDrive
9 8 (2.95%) PaaS
10 7 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (2.58%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (1.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 5 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (1.85%) Power Platform
12 4 (1.48%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 4 (1.48%) AWS CloudTrail
12 4 (1.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 70 (25.83%) WAN
2 62 (22.88%) DNS
3 61 (22.51%) LAN
4 51 (18.82%) VPN
5 46 (16.97%) TCP/IP
6 41 (15.13%) DHCP
7 34 (12.55%) Network Security
7 34 (12.55%) SD-WAN
8 29 (10.70%) Wireless
9 24 (8.86%) SAN
10 23 (8.49%) OSPF
11 22 (8.12%) VLAN
12 20 (7.38%) IPsec
12 20 (7.38%) Wi-Fi
13 19 (7.01%) BGP
14 18 (6.64%) Internet
15 17 (6.27%) SSL
16 16 (5.90%) Intrusion Detection
17 15 (5.54%) MPLS
18 14 (5.17%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.64%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.69%) Elasticsearch
2 10 (3.69%) MongoDB
3 5 (1.85%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (1.85%) MySQL
4 4 (1.48%) Power BI
5 3 (1.11%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.37%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 12 (4.43%) Jenkins
2 9 (3.32%) Spinnaker
3 7 (2.58%) JIRA
4 4 (1.48%) Rational DOORS
5 3 (1.11%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (0.74%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.74%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.37%) Git
7 1 (0.37%) GitLab
General
1 75 (27.68%) Social Skills
2 52 (19.19%) Finance
3 26 (9.59%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (4.80%) Retail
5 11 (4.06%) Law
6 10 (3.69%) Banking
7 9 (3.32%) Public Sector
7 9 (3.32%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.58%) Military
9 5 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.85%) Legal
9 5 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.48%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.74%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.37%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.37%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.37%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 56 (20.66%) Network Engineer
2 32 (11.81%) IT Engineer
3 30 (11.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 30 (11.07%) Senior
4 29 (10.70%) IT Support
5 22 (8.12%) Analyst
5 22 (8.12%) Lead
6 21 (7.75%) IT Manager
6 21 (7.75%) Support Engineer
7 17 (6.27%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 17 (6.27%) Infrastructure Manager
8 15 (5.54%) 2nd Line Support
8 15 (5.54%) Cloud Engineer
9 14 (5.17%) IT Support Engineer
10 11 (4.06%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 11 (4.06%) Consultant
11 10 (3.69%) NetApp Consultant
12 9 (3.32%) Cloud Software Engineer
12 9 (3.32%) GCP Software Engineer
12 9 (3.32%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.69%) RabbitMQ
1 10 (3.69%) YAML
2 9 (3.32%) Kafka
3 5 (1.85%) .NET
4 4 (1.48%) Akka
5 2 (0.74%) Web Services
6 1 (0.37%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.37%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.37%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (0.37%) CSS
6 1 (0.37%) HTML
6 1 (0.37%) jQuery
6 1 (0.37%) JSON
6 1 (0.37%) React
6 1 (0.37%) REST
6 1 (0.37%) Tailwind CSS
6 1 (0.37%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 1 (0.37%) Vue
6 1 (0.37%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.96%) Data Centre
2 24 (8.86%) Management Information System
3 13 (4.80%) Security Posture
4 12 (4.43%) PMI
5 11 (4.06%) Cyber Threat
5 11 (4.06%) Cyberattack
5 11 (4.06%) Driving Licence
6 9 (3.32%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.58%) Public Cloud
8 6 (2.21%) Cyber Defence
8 6 (2.21%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 5 (1.85%) CCTV
10 4 (1.48%) Life Science
10 4 (1.48%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (1.48%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (1.48%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.11%) PKI
11 3 (1.11%) Smart Energy
12 2 (0.74%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 112 (41.33%) Windows
2 72 (26.57%) Windows Server
3 56 (20.66%) Linux
4 20 (7.38%) Windows 10
5 15 (5.54%) Windows Server 2012
6 12 (4.43%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (3.69%) Data ONTAP
8 9 (3.32%) VMS
9 6 (2.21%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (1.85%) Ubuntu
11 4 (1.48%) Android
11 4 (1.48%) Apple iOS
11 4 (1.48%) Kali Linux
12 2 (0.74%) Unix
12 2 (0.74%) Windows XP
13 1 (0.37%) Amazon Linux
13 1 (0.37%) CentOS
13 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.37%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (28.41%) Problem-Solving
2 64 (23.62%) Cybersecurity
3 55 (20.30%) ITIL
4 52 (19.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 40 (14.76%) Customer Service
6 39 (14.39%) Disaster Recovery
7 33 (12.18%) Incident Response
8 32 (11.81%) Project Management
9 30 (11.07%) Agile
9 30 (11.07%) Mentoring
10 24 (8.86%) SIEM
11 23 (8.49%) Information Security
12 21 (7.75%) CI/CD
12 21 (7.75%) Release Management
13 20 (7.38%) Computer Science
13 20 (7.38%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 20 (7.38%) Threat Intelligence
14 19 (7.01%) Continuous Improvement
15 18 (6.64%) Network Monitoring
16 17 (6.27%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (11.44%) Python
2 18 (6.64%) PowerShell
3 12 (4.43%) SQL
4 11 (4.06%) Bash
5 10 (3.69%) Java
6 3 (1.11%) Go
6 3 (1.11%) Ruby
7 1 (0.37%) C#
7 1 (0.37%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.37%) Perl
7 1 (0.37%) XAML
Qualifications
1 51 (18.82%) Cisco Certification
2 46 (16.97%) Degree
3 36 (13.28%) CCNA
4 28 (10.33%) CCNP
5 17 (6.27%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (5.54%) CISSP
7 14 (5.17%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (4.43%) PMI Certification
9 11 (4.06%) AWS Certification
10 10 (3.69%) MCP
10 10 (3.69%) Security Cleared
11 6 (2.21%) CISA
11 6 (2.21%) CISM
12 5 (1.85%) CCIE
12 5 (1.85%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (1.48%) CCNA CyberOps
13 4 (1.48%) Chartered Engineer
13 4 (1.48%) CRISC
13 4 (1.48%) HNC
13 4 (1.48%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (9.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (9.23%) SLA
3 16 (5.90%) NIST
4 11 (4.06%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (3.32%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.85%) SOC 2
7 4 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (1.48%) GDPR
7 4 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.74%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.37%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.37%) FISMA
9 1 (0.37%) HITRUST
9 1 (0.37%) NCSC
9 1 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 90 (33.21%) Active Directory
2 79 (29.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (14.76%) Hyper-V
4 11 (4.06%) Docker
5 9 (3.32%) VMware NSX
6 8 (2.95%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (1.85%) Terminal Services
8 3 (1.11%) vSphere
9 2 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.74%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.37%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.37%) Postfix
10 1 (0.37%) Snort
10 1 (0.37%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 23 (8.49%) Kubernetes
2 19 (7.01%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (4.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 12 (4.43%) Ansible
3 12 (4.43%) Opsgenie
3 12 (4.43%) VxRail
3 12 (4.43%) ZABBIX
4 10 (3.69%) Prometheus
4 10 (3.69%) Terraform
4 10 (3.69%) vCenter Server
5 7 (2.58%) Nessus
6 5 (1.85%) FortiGate
7 3 (1.11%) SELinux
7 3 (1.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 2 (0.74%) CASB
8 2 (0.74%) SCCM
8 2 (0.74%) vRealize
9 1 (0.37%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 122 (45.02%) Microsoft
2 103 (38.01%) VMware
3 89 (32.84%) Cisco
4 47 (17.34%) Fortinet
5 25 (9.23%) Dell
6 22 (8.12%) NetApp
7 20 (7.38%) Aruba
8 19 (7.01%) SolarWinds
9 18 (6.64%) Palo Alto
10 16 (5.90%) Juniper
11 14 (5.17%) HP
11 14 (5.17%) Meraki
12 13 (4.80%) Citrix
13 10 (3.69%) Red Hat
13 10 (3.69%) SolidFire
13 10 (3.69%) Ubiquiti
14 9 (3.32%) Confluent
15 8 (2.95%) Google
16 7 (2.58%) Extreme Networks
17 6 (2.21%) Veeam